www.voki.com (creates individual avatars/students record voice through a mic or by phone) www.extranormal.com (movie-like dialogues can be created with 2 characters)
Reading Activities
www.readinga-z.com (basic reading activities with pictures / organized by level) subscription needed www.achieve3000.com (Stone Bank may be getting a license for this / Reading by level) www.letsgolearn.com (Stone Bank may be getting a license for this / Reading by level)
www.spanish-test.net - 30 question tests are given by level. If you score at least 70%, you can advance to the next level. If you do not past a test, you can re-take it with new questions. This is a good cumulative assessment tool.
SmartBoard Applications
*Many of the activities below work great on the SmartBoard and can be used to instruct or for practice.
*To find pre-made SmartBoard templates, you can go to the SmartBoard notebook page, click on the View heading at the top, click on the Gallery link, and go to the Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0.
*Many SmartBoard activites can be found by doing a Google search as well.
Good Vocabulary/Grammar Websites and Activities
www.quizlet.com (fun review games – can be searched by textbook)
www.quia.com/shared/spanish/ (has a great search engine with many review games)
www.quia.com/pages/tneumannhays/page1 (link to Arrowhead Spanish 1 review activities)
www.studyspanish.com (has many verb review activities and pronunciation activities)
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/ (vocabulary practice with video support)
www.colby-edu/~bknelson/SLC/ (grammar and culture exercises)
www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html (large database of Spanish links)
http://www.purposegames.com/ww-search.php?q=spanish (good vocab. review for SmartBoard)
www.multilingualbooks.com/freelessons-spanish.html (many good links to Spanish activities)
www.slideshare.com (has searchable Spanish powerpoint presentations)
http://tpduggan.tripod.com/powerp.html (nice variety of grammar-related powerpoints)
http://oye.languageskills.co.uk:80/index.html (beginning to advanced activities, many would work well with SmartBoard)
www.literacycenter.net/ (good interactive activities for beginners)
www.digitaldialects.com/spanish.htm (variety of interactive practice games)
Verb Conjugation
www.conjugation.org (provides conjugation for all tenses)
Online Printables
www.enchantedlearning.com (subscription site with some basic Spanish activities)
www.readinga-z.com (leveled books with Spanish printables/projectables)
Online Video Resources
www.youtube.com (grammar tutorials found by going to “gramatica 22 – gustar” (51 lessons)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/ (good interactive “novela” with printouts)
Pronunciation/Speaking Practice
www.lingtlanguage.com (speaking and listening practice)
www.voicethread.com (good site for student voice recording)
www.animoto.com
www.classchatter.com (blogging)
www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html (nice SmartBoard activity / letters pronounced)
www.studyspanish.com/pronunciation/
Sites for Creating a Class Wiki
(for assignments, class calendar, class links, feedback, etc.)
sites.google.com
www.pbworks.com
www.edmodo.com
Cultural Links
www.eleaston.com (good links to Latin American holidays, etc.)
www.rogers.k12.ar.us/users/bgilmer/webquest.html (3rd choice is a good countries webquest)
www.cita.net/lessons/index.html (variety of webquests with worksheets)
www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/ (many good links about Spain)
www.hispanic-culture-online.com/ (many good links about Latin America)
www.ballgame.org/ (descriptions and simulations of an early Mesoamerican ball game)
www.topics-mag.com (games and dances from around the world)
Practicing Dialogues with Online Avatars
www.voki.com (creates individual avatars/students record voice through a mic or by phone)
www.extranormal.com (movie-like dialogues can be created with 2 characters)
Reading Activities
www.readinga-z.com (basic reading activities with pictures / organized by level) subscription needed
www.achieve3000.com (Stone Bank may be getting a license for this / Reading by level)
www.letsgolearn.com (Stone Bank may be getting a license for this / Reading by level)
Projects/Extension Activities
http://edu.glogster.com (make online posters / abstract designs)
http://software.informer.com/getfree-formulator-tarsia-3.9 (make puzzles with vocabulary)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
(Allows you to make a story with your photos by adding voice, special effects, etc.)
www.teachertube.com (safe/free location for students to save their videos / but is public)
www.savevid.com (video saving site, but with a cost)
Online Spanish/English Dictionary
www.wordreference.com (translates and has pronunciation)
Web 2.0 Tools / Ideas Discussion Board
http://www.classroom20.com/groups/group/search?q=spanish
Assessment Websites
www.spanish-test.net - 30 question tests are given by level. If you score at least 70%, you can advance to the next level. If you do not past a test, you can re-take it with new questions. This is a good cumulative assessment tool.
SmartBoard Applications
*Many of the activities below work great on the SmartBoard and can be used to instruct or for practice.
*To find pre-made SmartBoard templates, you can go to the SmartBoard notebook page, click on the View heading at the top, click on the Gallery link, and go to the Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0.
*Many SmartBoard activites can be found by doing a Google search as well.
Grant Opportunities
www.donorchoose.org
www.iloveschools.com
www.learnersedgeinc.com/forum-and-resources/edgefund.aspx